Unserious Debates for an Unserious Primary

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The GOP debates have turned into performance art. They demean our electoral process, but many in the national media are backing away from facts and probity and enabling the worst candidates in their effort to corner the attention market.

First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:

• Peter Thiel is taking a break from democracy.
• The baffling cruelty of Alfred Hitchcock
• Sleep more and be happier.

Working the Refs

I watched the Republican primary debate last night, and at first, I had no real intention of writing again about a process that is now a national embarrassment. But when it was over, I couldn’t shake the thought of how far America has come over the past few